Interconnect system and method for multiple protocol short message services
First Claim
1. A system for interconnecting a plurality of data communication devices, the system comprising:
- a first data communication path for receiving a transmission from a first data communication device;
an arbitrator operative to automatically;
determine, from the transmission, an identity of a second data communication device,determine, from the identity of the second data communication device, a selected data format from a group of at least three data formats, the selected data format being expected by the second data communication device, andconvert the transmission into the selected data format determined from the identity of the second data communication device; and
a second data communication path for transmitting the transmission converted by the arbitrator to the second data communication device.
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Abstract
A customer central location (CCL) communicates with multiple remote wireless devices employing mutually incompatible data formats or short message service (SMS) protocols. A communication, from the CCL to a remote device or from a remote device to the CCL, passes through a short message arbitrator (SMA), which determines the identifying characteristic(s) of the device receiving the communication. From the identifying characteristic(s), the short message arbitrator determines the expected data format and the transmission path to the device. The SMA converts the communication into the expected data format and transmits the communication over the appropriate transmission path.
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29 Claims
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1. A system for interconnecting a plurality of data communication devices, the system comprising:
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a first data communication path for receiving a transmission from a first data communication device; an arbitrator operative to automatically; determine, from the transmission, an identity of a second data communication device, determine, from the identity of the second data communication device, a selected data format from a group of at least three data formats, the selected data format being expected by the second data communication device, and convert the transmission into the selected data format determined from the identity of the second data communication device; and a second data communication path for transmitting the transmission converted by the arbitrator to the second data communication device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for managing communication among a plurality of data communication devices, the system comprising:
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a first data communication device for dispatching a first data transmission using a first wireless access method; a second data communication device for dispatching a second data transmission using a second wireless access method distinct from the first wireless access method; a third data communication device for receiving the second data transmission from the second data communication device; and an arbitrator for; receiving the first data transmission from the first data communication device, determining, from the first data transmission, an identity of the third data communication device to receive the first data transmission, determining a data format from at least three potential data formats, the data format being expected by the third data communication device for the first data transmission, converting the first data transmission to the data format expected by the third data communication device, and transmitting the converted first data transmission to the third data communication device. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for communicating among a plurality of data communication devices associated with a plurality of wireless access methods comprising:
receiving a converted first transmission from an arbitrator wherein the arbitrator created the converted first transmission from an original first transmission by, receiving the original first transmission from a first data communication device associated with a first wireless access method; retrieving a mobile identification number (MIN) from the original first transmission; using the MN to identify a second data communication device and a data format expected by the second data communication device; and converting the original first transmission so that it is compatible with the data format expected by the second data communication device. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for communicating between a first data communication device and a second data communication device comprising:
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receiving a first transmission from the first data communication device associated with a first communication protocol; retrieving a mobile identification number (MiN) from the first transmission; using the MN to identify the second data communication device and a second communication protocol expected by the second data communication device; converting the first communication protocol of the first transmission so that it is compatible with the second communication protocol; and transmitting the converted first transmission to the second data communication device. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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23. A computer-readable storage device storing a set of computer-executable instructions implementing a method for communicating between a first data communication device and a second data communication device comprising:
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receiving a first transmission from the first data communication device associated with a first communication protocol; retrieving a mobile identification number (MIN) from the first transmission; using the MN to identify the second data communication device and a second communication protocol expected by the second data communication device; converting the first communication protocol of the first transmission so that it is compatible with the second communication protocol; and transmitting the converted first transmission to the second data communication device. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26)
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27. An arbitrator for interconnecting a plurality of data communication devices, the arbitrator comprising:
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means for determining an identity of a receiving data communication device from a transmission received from a sending data communication device; means for determining from the identity of the receiving data communication device, a selected data format from a group of at least three data formats, the selected data format being expected by the receiving data communication device; and means for converting the transmission into the selected data format determined from the identity of the receiving data communication device. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29)
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